Govt splurges millions on Mnangagwa, Mphoko mansions

Government has forked out US$3 million on accommodation for the country's two Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phekezela Mphoko after it bought houses for them in Harare's affluent suburbs at a time four million people are facing hunger due to severe drought.

Government sources say Mphoko who rejected several posh houses in Harare's leafy suburbs has settled for a $1.9 million mansion in Highlands.

Mnangagwa's house in Borrowdale was also acquired at a cost of $1.5 million.

A senior government official said the search for Mphoko's house had been strenuous before he finally settled for the Highlands mansion.